Coast to Coast Solo Cycle: In One Day on a £100 Bicycle? Whitehaven to Sunderland: C2C
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Bank Holiday Weekend, fancied an adventure. Cycled up to Whitehaven from Manchester across a day and a half, 140 miles. Camped out by the side of route 71, up bright and early to tackle the Coast to Coast in one day on a old second hand £100 bike.
Using route 71 mainly but taking short-cuts on A roads here and there.
It really is a a World Class cycle route with astonishing scenery, very easy to follow due to clear sign posting. If you want to take a more leisurely cycle of it, maybe across 3-4 days, then this blog breaks it down perfectly and is easy to follow: cycle.travel/route/c2c/guide . I'd highly recommend to anyone, beginners could do it taking it steady.
I really enjoyed getting shots on my phone of the landscapes and shots of the speedy descents using my helmet cam.
Used an iPhone and Go Pro Hero 7 Silver for videos. Go pro attached onto helmet.
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Fantastic! Well done! I was cycling up Crawleyside and on Waskerly Way today, as part of a 125km loop round Teesdale and Weardale. It's nice to see you making a video of this area. There's loads of monster hills in the North Pennines!
this is a 3 day job even without the 160km warm up you did from manchester beforehand, you mad man! great video.
Cheers for giving it a watch Oscar, ‘twas a mad ‘en! 😅
Excellent, thought you were giving up with only down hill left
the ride from manchester is good going,the to do the c c is just fkn amazing
Well done lad. That's a fantastic achievement and you should be rightly proud. JP The old guy.
Cheers! Looks like you’ve had some interesting adventures yourself!
@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 It's all been a bit bonkers but that's where the gun is eh?
you're an inspiration jonesy man! big ups
such a melle of emotions right now 🤣🤣 cracking video ladd
Ta 😊
I really enjoyed watching your video, what a great achievement, well done 😊
I did it in 2 days in 2021, much more sensible and stayed the night at Alston, which was nice. kudos on your ride though.
Well done! 👍🏻😁
Great video mate.
Absolutely brilliant effort Craig. Well done mate and thanks for another great video to watch. Looking forward to your next adventure.
Cheers Tony! Thanks for giving it a watch and glad you enjoyed.
Good stuff bud☺
Cheers! Is funny to see your comment just now, as I’m sat at a cafe in Inverness finishing my breakfast about to start cycling the north Coast 500
Really liked that, thanks. I'm probably a bit late to the party. Loved the brass band at the end. Did you find a hotel in Sunderland or just stay awake until the train the next morning?
Great video and great effort man! I used the link in your description and think I will use the GPX download as a friend and I are going to attempt this in a few weeks also. Can you confirm if the whole route is suitable for road bikes?
Hey Craig. Thanks for the nice comment!
I can confirm that all of the road is suitable for a road bike.
Yeah use Sustrans, it’s the best way to navigate IMO. It’s all very well signposted anyway so should be easy enough.
All the best with it! You’ll have a great time.
I’ll be uploading a new vlog soon where I cycled the north coast of Scotland, probably will upload it this week, so you may be interested in subscribing 😁😉
@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 Thanks for the feedback. Any tips or words or wisdom? there's going to be 2 of us doing it and if(when) we make it to Sunderland we will be continuing down to Hartlepool.
@@craigcrallan15 no problem 😊 how many days you planning on doing it over?
My advice, if you aren’t planning on doing it in one day...Take your time and enjoy the scenery, you’d be surprised at how much ground you can cover in one day. Don’t worry too much about how much KM you’ve done. Nothing wrong with getting off the bike and having nice breaks. Stop for lots of coffee breaks at nice spots along the road and soak it in!
When you are going uphill, just relax and look down at the road, try not to look at how steep it is and how far, you’ll think you are going too slow but just go slow and take it easy!
If you are planning on doing it in one day, take lots of energy gels! Start as early as you possibly can.
If camping, don’t worry too much about where you are going to camp later in the day. If you stick to the cycle route there are loads of places to camp.
@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 all in the 1 Day is the plan 😬
@@craigcrallan15 very nice! In that case, yeah start early as you can, before sunrise. Get in the zone. Have loads of these in the back pocket of your cycle journey, only use them when it gets bad (see link) Bannas, coffee and ham and cheese sandwiches is the best fuel for me, save these for dire situations.
If your bikes are in good nick, you’ll be fine! Get in the zone and admire the beautiful scenes around you. If your averaging over 16km per hour, your already doing better than I did. Although I did have a lot of breaks.
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Never too poor to tour
😂😂😂 in back gardens
Well done mate. I'm at Glassonby between Langwathby and Hartside (C2C Rt7). The Alston road's full of tossers on pocket rockets, all trying to take the bends at high speed. Arragons at Penrith is the dog's danglers and always helpful to cyclists.
Why Kms? Isn't this England?
@@silkdestroyer looks like you’re cycling further when you use KM! 😄
@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 I like signs in KMs when I'm in Europe because they come down faster! I do have to keep mentally converting back to miles though.
Could have been windy and peeing down
So true, it was a stunning day for sure
Mind you a £100 quid bike , respect 💪👍
I cycled the 125 miles from Whitehaven to Redcar in 6 hours 38 minutes with 3 x short sandwich and drink breaks for charity. No bull either !
Well done! 👍🏻😁
Never too poor to tour